Agile-Leads has partnered with Agility Arabia to explore how agile ways of working are expanding beyond IT teams. With extensive experience in agile adoption, digital delivery, and business transformation, I joined forces with Agility Arabia to share our perspectives as like-minded leaders on the future of agility.

At the core of this article, we posed a question: Is the focus on scaling agility beyond tech teams increasing or declining?

John Deere was facing some significant challenges in 2019, and so decided to launch an agile transformation initiative.  Implementing Agile IT Manufacturing with Scrum@Scale, Scrum, DevOps and a modernised Tech stack. Results far exceeded targets.

Agile manufacturing evolved from Toyota's just-in-time (JIT) concept, expanding into lean manufacturing, cycle time management, time-based competition, and quick-response manufacturing.

Unlike JIT's focus on production systems, agile manufacturing encompasses both factory floor operations and the growing significance of software in the industry. Its prerequisites hinge on robust digital transformation, emphasising software development facilitating seamless interaction among humans, computers, and production machines.